I still can't get over that the country is letting him rebrand the federal government as a Trump subsidiary.
I still can't get over that the country is letting him rebrand the federal government as a Trump subsidiary.
We had an election and we decided that we wanted an egomaniac in charge. Being an egomaniac, he inferred that this was because, rather than despite of, his egomania. And he appears to be right about that, since the only people objecting are the same people who object to everything else he does.
If a significant fraction of them pushed back and said, "No, don't do that", he probably wouldn't. He reverses himself all the time when his people are displeased with him.
Americans pride themselves on being a nation of laws, not of men, so it's perhaps surprising that quite so many people are so wholeheartedly embracing rule by a cult of personality. But I've found that often, the thing a country most proudly declares about itself is the thing that it doesn't do, rather than what it actually does. Your actual accomplishments pale in comparison to your imagination.
In this case, I figure he just wants his own “ObamaCare,” but does he have the restraint to not officially name it TrumpRx?
The fact that you "don't doubt you're alone" makes it appear that you are, indeed, alone. There isn't a lot of pushback from his supporters, especially at the official level. Your legislators could do something about this, but they're literally not even in town.